Friday, December 2, 2022

Canton Corruption Update: Who is J.M.?

 Who is "J.M." in the Canton Corruption case? The indictments of Rudy Warnock and Cleve Anderson state:

21. On or about December 23, 2016, in Madison County, in the Northem Division of the Southern District of Mississippi, and elsewhere, for the purpose of executing the aforesaid scheme and artifice to defraud, the defendants, , RUDOLPH M. WARNOCK, JR., ANDREW GRANT, and ERIC GILKEY aided and abetted by others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, did knowingly transmit and cause to be transmitted, in interstate and foreign commerce, by means of wire communications, certain writings, signs, signals, pictures and sounds, to effect the deposit and clearance of a check in the amount of $9,200.00, made payable to J.M., through the automated clearinghouse system of the Federal Reserve Bank System. Part of the proceeds of this transaction were given to defendants GRANT and GILKEY in the form of $4000.00 cash each.

 

The indictment thus states "J.M." was a bag man of sorts.  Some readers thought "J.M." might be a typo but the initials are correct.  A lawsuit gives a clue who J.M. probably is.  

Rudy Warnock sued CMU after the utility kicked him out the door.  The lawsuit failed after spending quite some time in federal court.  However, Warnock subpoenaed one Jerome Miles of Canton in February 2018.   The subpoena is posted below. 

The subpoeana asks for contracts and correspondence between Miles and Warnock, Terry Lovelace, CMU, and their affiliated companies.   Miles was not mentioned again in the lawsuit.  



 

So, is Jerome Miles the mystery man in the indictment? 

 

12 comments:

anonymous said...

Not a Cantonite but really appreciate your efforts to publicize government corruption issues.
I take no glee in seeing others fall. But, the evils of corruption survive in the dark corners and shining light is a Jeffersonian mandate.
RMQ

Anonymous said...

I don't see mention of a Jerome Myles. I'm sure I overlooked it.

Anonymous said...

I don’t know who this guy is, but it appears he is not well liked.

Anonymous said...

Good stuff KF
Ok all you curious people…. Tell us more.

Anonymous said...

So Jerome isn’t indicted and they only use his initials. So I’m thinking Jerome was asked by Rudy to be the bagman by delivering $8000 and keeping $1200. So Jerome alerted the law, and the law told Jerome to “do the deal”. And that’s how they got busted.

Anonymous said...

KF: You have expertise in cases like this. I have questions. So why would the Feds start a case in 2016 and then “seal” indictments” for a year? Usual Fed cases are 2 years. Ok, with Covid, let’s say 3. It sounds like RICO type case but this isn’t some organized crime group. Why haven’t we heard about arrests? Seen mug shots? Is there someone REALLY high up involved? I doubt it. All these players are low level at best. Your thoughts?

Anonymous said...

10:12 - How do you think a multi-millionaire who has had his tentacles into the county and city bank vaults for years is a "low-level player at best"? And you're wrong also about it not being organized crime.

Concrete and 55-gallon drums were definitely an option for newspaper staff, a municipal elected-official or two and assorted other 'trouble makers'. Black SUVs, votes to funnel cash, threatening social media posts and doors being knocked on....simply the order of the day. The players? It'll roll out in due time.

Anonymous said...

"Corruption" was one of the first choices of names for that community, but "Canton" was ultimately chosen.

Anonymous said...

Why would Mr, Warnock want such documents brought out?

Anonymous said...

Cantonite here and it is about time. I plan on seeing more of our current and past citizens named in other or associated indictments. As I said, about time.

Anonymous said...

All nets are designed so as to capture certain sized fish while allowing others to pass through. The dragnet in Madison County will be a sight to behold. Maybe. Hopefully.

Not all of the fish live in Canton.

Anonymous said...

It will be interesting to see if this moves to Madison County government.



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